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People With Cancer Who Lose a Child Have Worse Outcomes – Cancer Health Treatment News
The loss of a child appears to be a mortality risk factor for people diagnosed with cancer.
For any parent, losing a child is devastating. But for parents who have also been diagnosed with cancer, a child’s death may mean a lower likelihood of long-term survival. So found Swedish researchers in a review of population-based registry data collected between 1973 and 2014.
In the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, the researchers hypothesized that bereavement may incite behavioral, hormonal and immunological changes that increase mortality risk, according to Cancer Therapy…
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